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Quaker Collection567
Brotherton Collection56
Letters Database34
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman27
English Literature19
University Archive14
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society12
International Textile Collection11
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse10
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)17
Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-196813
Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)12
Dryden, John (1631-1700)12
Virgil12
Collyer, Joseph7
Collyer, Joseph (1776)7
Goldsmith, Oliver7
Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774)7
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Union News, issue 226
Archive Item

Archive Print Item

N}226}yu skólarnir ensku

Jónas frá Hriflu (1885-1968)

1912

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Archive Print Item

Denis Mitchell, sculpture : 2-26 May, 1961

Mitchell, Denis (1912-1993); Waddington Galleries

[1961]

Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Waddington Galleries, London.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 147-75

Issuer/creator: Marcus Aurelius (161-80)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

jacket
Textile

jacket

19th Century

This item is made from a total of 23 separate pieces of embroidered cloth. This could indicate that the jacket represents a secondary use for fabric previously used for another purpose. It has an op...

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Textile

Crepe de Chine Imprime [pattern book]

19th-mid 20th Century

Hardback with mottled black covers and white spine. Contains woven fabric samples with polychrome printed patterns. Each design has one large sample showing the pattern and smaller samples showing t...

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Textile

Draperie Deuxième Saison 1957 Envoi E

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1957

Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 18th November 1957. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights, with polychrome ...

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sampler
Textile

sampler

before 1947

An oblong linen sample with a repeating geometric design with matching border designs. The embroidery is worked in cross and satin stitches. The long sides are neatly hemmed and the shorter ends are b...

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